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Ride the greatest stages in Tour de France history with Le Loop “Tour of Tours” 2027
The route for Le Loop’s 2027 Tour of Tours has been announced, and it looks like it’ll be a vintage year…
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Le Loop: Smashed crabs and saddle sores on Stage 12 of the Tour de France
Yet another three things I learned on Le Loop today: 1) Saddle sores are no joke; 2) Cheese, crackers and full fat Coke make an excellent alternative to energy supplements; 3) Alpine climbs can induce acute vertigo…
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Le Loop: Ben vs L’Etape du Tour feat. polkadot elephants and a cowbell chorus
Ok firstly let’s address the rather large ‘polka dotted’ elephant in the room…yes I ‘dabbed’ today. Three times. And not only a little bit, I ‘dabbed’ all over three mountains. I dabbed until I had no dabs left. I dabbed and do you know what? I enjoyed it…
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Le Loop update! A change of plan means Ben’s your man
So the Tour de France has started – hurray! – which means riders on Le Loop have been on the road…
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Le Loop: Ben parachutes into the Alps for a crack at Le Tour
About a week ago my amazing, awesome and astounding (and accident-prone) Sportive.com editor contacted me and asked if I’d like to go to France to ride stages 10, 11 & 12 of this year’s Tour de France with the ‘Le Loop’ crew at zero notice. “Well yes my good man. Yes I ruddy well would!”…
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Le Loop preview: How to prepare for (almost) riding the Tour de France
“So Oisin, I hear you’re riding the Tour de France?” asks a cousin on a trip home. “I didn’t realise the…
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